How do you pronounce fuss?

The recorded pronunciation is /fʌs/.

fuss

/fʌs/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.62 in modern English

Syllables: fuss
IPA: /fʌs/

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Meaning

noun

Excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A complaint or noise; a scene.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

An exhibition of affection or admiration.

Countable; Uncountable

verb

To be very worried or excited about something, often too much.

Intransitive verb

verb

To fiddle; fidget; wiggle, or adjust

Intransitive verb

verb

To disturb (a person)

Transitive verb

verb

To cry or be ill-humoured.

American usage; Intransitive verb

verb

To show affection for, especially animals.

Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

"They made a big fuss about the wedding plans."
"What's all the fuss about?"
"Sickness did not last above a ten days; my poor wife zealously assiduous, and with a minimum of fuss or noise."
"“Anthea hasn't a notion in her head but to vamp a lot of silly mugwumps. She's set her heart on that tennis bloke[…]whom the papers are making such a fuss about.”"
"But in the reader comments section beneath the FT piece, many couldn’t understand what all the fuss was about. “I’m surprised to see the FT reporting this sort of thing,” one person wrote."
"If you make enough of a fuss about the problem, maybe they'll fix it for you."

Etymology

Of unknown origin. Perhaps from Danish fjas (“nonsense”), from Middle Low German (compare German faseln (“to maunder, talk nonsense”)). Compare also fouse (“to hasten, rush, tumble, disarrange”).

Origin

Source language: Danish

Word Breakdown

Root: fjas, -

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /fʌs/
British English: /fʌs/

Usage

Inflected Forms

fusses (plural) fusses (present, singular) fussing (participle, present) fussed (participle, past) fussed (past)

Derived Forms

fussless fussable fusser fussbudget fussbutton fusspot fussy

Phrases

fuss-budget fuss-budgetry kick up a fuss fuss around fuss over fuss and bother no muss no fuss

Synonyms

hubbub to-do ado argy-bargy bangarang bobbery brouhaha bunfight bustle bust-up chaos ferment

Rhymes With

us plus thus bus discuss gus russ truss rus sus pus cus

fuss

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